Featured Stories Archive –
March,
2006

Study exposes ‘movers and shakers’ behind the evangelical movement

By Denise Barricklow Â· Posted March 27, 2006; 03:55 p.m.

Is there a “hidden hand” behind the rise to power of the
evangelical movement in America over the last three decades? A Princeton
graduate student has gained international attention by answering this question
in the largest and most comprehensive study on the significance of faith in the
lives of America’s societal leaders.

Fun side of science draws local students to Princeton

By Chad Boutin Â· Posted March 23, 2006; 04:40 p.m.

More than 900 students from 10 junior high schools converged on
Princeton’s campus on March 21 for the 2006 Science and Engineering
Exposition (SEE), which brought the group into Dillon Gym, Frick Lab,
Icahn Lab and McDonnell Hall. Each location offered the students a
staged demonstration of the fun and dramatic sides of modern science,
followed by hands-on experiences with the tools that made the
demonstrations work.

Seldom seen art of Russia exhibited at museum

By Ruta Smithson Â· Posted March 20, 2006; 12:33 p.m.

Artists of the Mir Iskusstva ("World of Art") movement, which thrived
in Russia around the turn of the 20th century, are represented in the
exhibition "Mir Iskusstva: Russia's Age of Elegance," on view at the
University Art Museum through June 11.

Winter athletes enjoy record-breaking success

By Eric QuiÃ±ones Â· Posted March 16, 2006; 03:42 p.m.

Princeton's varsity sports teams enjoyed a season of success this
winter, highlighted by record-breaking performances by the women's
hockey and basketball teams and by Yasser El Halaby, the most dominant
player in collegiate men's squash history.

By Eric QuiÃ±ones Â· Posted March 13, 2006; 04:09 p.m.

Speaking to an audience of aspiring professors, Daniel Kahneman
recalled his own experience as a young faculty member at Hebrew University in
the 1960s to illustrate the changing nature of teaching. Early in his career, Kahneman required that students cling to every
word of his lectures. Some courses included no textbooks, leaving students to
depend solely on their class notes. “I was expecting them to know everything, and every word was on the
exam,” he said. “That’s the way it was — absolutely not the way it is now.”

Orchestra presents Wagner work, March 9 and 11

By Ruth Stevens Â· Posted March 9, 2006; 09:50 a.m.

The Princeton University Orchestra, under the direction of Michael
Pratt, will present a concert performance of Act 1 of Richard Wagner's
"Die WalkÃ¼re (The Valkyrie)" at 8 p.m. Thursday March 9, and Saturday,
March 11, in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.Â Â

Students manage Middle East crises at high-tech Model United Nations

By Eric QuiÃ±ones Â· Posted March 6, 2006; 03:10 p.m.

Each time the door to room 309 opened, the late-afternoon quiet of the Frist Campus Center was shattered by the din of 30 Princeton students engulfed by crises in the Middle East.The Princeton Interactive Crisis Simulation (PICSim), a high-tech, stu

Center values exchange of ideas on ethical issues

By Karin Dienst Â· Posted March 3, 2006; 10:48 a.m.

The quiet confines of Marx Hall disguise an industrious hive of
intellectual activity on Princeton’s campus. The University Center for Human
Values, which makes its home here, attracts scholars and sponsors offerings
that inform the academic curriculum, generate novel research and ignite public debate.